Laying out photos in a print template

About print templates

Templates contain layouts for printing your photos,
including any text overlays and print job settings. The Lightroom Classic CC
Template Browser in the Print module contains premade templates
for common tasks, such as making contact sheets. The Template Browser
also lists custom templates you have saved. Moving the pointer over
a name in the Template Browser displays its page layout in the Preview
panel at the top of the left column. Clicking a template name displays
a preview of selected photos in the work area. The preview updates
when you choose a different template or specify different print
options, such as add text overlays.

Lightroom Classic CC offers three types of layout templates:

Single Image/Contact Sheet templates let you print one
or more photos all at the same size in various configurations, such
as in a 2-up greeting card.

Picture Package templates let you print one photo in various
sizes, such as for school photos and wedding portraiture.

Custom Package templates let you print various photos at
various sizes, in any configuration.

All templates have image cells for containing photos and margin
information. If you specify overlay options, a template can also
contain text areas. The image cells and margins in a template scale
to accommodate the paper size you specify.

Print job settings, including the paper size and printer, are
also saved in a print template.

You can create new templates by modifying the settings of existing
templates. Select a template, use the controls in the right panels,
specify the paper size and printer settings in the toolbar, and
then add a custom template. You can also modify the image cells
in a template by dragging the margin guides or cell boundaries.
Layout setting modifications, overlays, and print job specifications can
be saved as a custom template.

Choose a print template

In the Library module, select the photo
or photos you want to print.

In the Template Browser panel in the Print module, select
a template. The Layout Style panel indicates the layout the template
is:

Single Image/Contact
Sheet

Allows you to print one or more photos at the same size on a page.

Picture Package

Allows you to print one photo in various sizes on a page.

Custom Package

Allows you to print one or more photos, in any configuration of sizes, on a page, and allows multiple page layouts.

(Custom Package templates) Drag one or more photos from
the Filmstrip to the page preview.

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Specify how photos fill an image
cell

You can specify photos to scale and rotate
so that their entire image fits within an image cell. Blank spaces
fill the areas where the aspect ratio of the photos and the image
cells don’t match. You can also set an option so that photos completely
fill the space within an image cell. When this option is selected,
portions of the photos (especially vertical images) might be cropped
to fill the aspect ratio of the image cells.

In the Image Settings panel of the Print module,
select any of the following options, depending on which layout you’re
using:

Zoom To Fill

(Single Image/Contact Sheet and Picture Package layouts)
Fills the entire image cell with a photo, cropping the edges of
the image as necessary.

Rotate To Fit

(Single Image/Contact Sheet and Picture Package layouts)
Rotates images if necessary to produce the largest image that fits
in each image cell.

Tip: If an image cell doesn’t display the
portion of a photo you want, drag the photo in the cell to reposition
it. In a Picture Package layout, Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag
(Mac OS).

Dragging a photo in an image cell to reposition it.

Repeat One Photo Per
Page

(Single Image/Contact Sheet layouts) Repeats the selected
in every image cell on the page in a Grid template layout.

Photo Border

(Picture Package and Custom Package layouts) Adds a border
of the specified width to the photo in each image cell.

Inner Stroke

(All layouts) Adds an inner stroke of the specified width
and color to the photo in each image cell.

Specify rulers and guides

(Single Image/Contact Sheet
layout) In the Guides panel of the Print module, select or deselect
Show Guides. Specify whether you want to show or hide rulers, page
bleed guides, margins and gutters, and image cells.

(Picture Package and Custom Package layouts) In the Rulers,
Grid & Guides panel, select whether you want to view a page
ruler, a layout grid, or page bleed guides. Specify a unit of measure
for the ruler, snap behavior for the grid, and whether to display
image dimensions with the bleed layout.

Print a contact sheet

The photos can be put into the Quick
Collection, or you can create a collection to save the photo selection
for reuse.

In the Print module, choose a contact sheet template
from the Template Browser.

If necessary, choose a paper size and printer.

In the Page panel, select the text options you want printed.

(Optional) In the Print Job panel, select Draft Mode
Printing.

Click Print.

Customize package layouts

You can add as many image cells as you like
to a Picture Package or Custom Package layout, and arrange them
on the page automatically or manually. Lightroom Classic CC offers six standard
photo cell sizes. If you add more photos than fit on a page, Lightroom Classic CC
automatically adds pages to the layout.

In the Cells panel, click to add cells in the
desired size or sizes to the layout. Lightroom Classic CC optimizes their placement
on the page for the fewest cuts.

Poznámka:

Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS)
to duplicate a cell.

(Optional) Drag the image cells on the page to rearrange
them.

(Optional) To resize a cell, select it in the work area
and drag the handles from the side or from a corner. Or adjust the
Height or Width slider in the Adjust Selected Cell area of the Cells
panel.

Select any of the following options in the Cells panel:

New Page

Adds a page to the layout.

Auto Layout

(Picture Package layouts) Optimizes the arrangement of
the photos on the page for the fewest cuts.

Clear Layout

Erases the page layout.

Poznámka:

To delete a page, click the red X in the upper-left
corner of the page in the work area.

You can save custom picture package layouts as a custom
print template.

To move the identity plate, drag it or press the Up Arrow,
Down Arrow, Left Arrow, and Right Arrow keys.

To have the identity plate appear on every photo in a
multiphoto template, select Render On Every Image. The identity
plate is centered on each photo and can be scaled or rotated using
the controls in the Overlays panel.

Print photos with a copyright watermark

You can print information about photos, such
as the filename, title, caption, and keywords, on Single Image/Contact
Sheet photo layouts. The information is taken from the metadata
that you enter in the Library module. The information prints below
each photo. See also Viewing
and editing metadata.

In the Page panel, select Photo Info and then
click Custom Settings and choose one of the following:

Caption

Prints the photo caption.

Custom Text

Prints the text that you type into the Custom Text box.

Date

Prints the creation date of the photo.

Equipment

Prints information about the camera and lens used to
take the photo.

Exposure

Prints the shutter speed and f/stop information.

Filename

Prints the name of the photo file.

Sequence

Prints different sequential numbers on the photos based
on how many photos you’re printing. For example, if you’ve selected
nine photos to print, the sequential numbers would be 1/9, 2/9,
3/9, and so forth.

Title

Prints the photo title.

Edit

Shows the photo information that you specify using the
Text Template Editor dialog box.

Click the triangle to the right of Font Size and choose
a size (in points) from the pop-up menu.

You can add page numbers, printing information,
and crop marks to the bottom of a Single Image/Contact Sheet layout.

In the Page panel of the Print module, select
Page Options, and then select any of the following items:

Page Numbers

Prints page numbers on the lower-right of each page.

Page Info

Prints the Print Sharpening setting, Profile setting,
and the printer name at the bottom of each page.

Crop Marks

Prints crop marks around each photo to use as cutting
guides after printing.

Show cut guides (Picture Package
and Custom Package layouts)

In the Page panel, select Cut Guides,
and then choose whether to view Lines or Crop Marks in the preview
area.

Work with custom print templates

Saving a custom template preserves any modifications
you’ve made to the image cells and margins, as well as any overlays
and print settings you’ve specified. After it is saved, the custom
template is listed in the Template Browser for reuse. You can create
new folders in the Template Browser to help organize your templates.

Save custom print templates

In the Template Browser of the Print
module, select any template on which to base your custom template.

Modify the layout and specify options in the panels on
the right side of the Print module.

Click the Plus icon (+) in the Template Browser
in the Print module.

Overwrite “Untitled Template” to give your custom template
a name, and specify a folder (such as “User Templates”) for the
template.

Create and organize template folders

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac OS) in the Template Browser and choose New Folder.

Type the name of the folder and click OK.

Drag a template to a folder name to move the template
to that folder.

If you drag a Lightroom Classic CC preset template to a different
folder, the template is copied to that folder.

Update custom templates

Modify colors, layout, text, and output
settings as needed.

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)
a template in the Template Browser and choose Update With Current
Settings.

Delete custom templates

You cannot delete Lightroom Classic CC preset templates.

Do one of the following:

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac OS) a template in the Template Browser and choose
Delete from the context menu.

Select a template in the Template Browser and click
the Minus (-) icon.

Import and export templates

You can export templates you’ve created to
share with colleagues or to use on a different computer. Templates
are saved with an .lrtemplate extension.

To export a template, right-click (Windows)
or Control-click (Mac OS) a template and choose Export.
Type the name of the template file and click Save.

To import a template, right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac OS) the area where you want the template to appear
and choose Import. Double-click the template file.